Many wind and solar power plants in China are strangled amid global energy crisis: report

China is wasting significant amounts of wind and solar power due to inflexible grid management, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). This inflexibility prioritizes coal as a stabilizing power source, hindering the expansion of clean energy. Despite rising energy demand in the first quarter of this year, China has relied on fossil fuels rather than utilizing its growing wind and solar capacity. This situation occurs while the world faces an energy shortage. The wasted green energy could otherwise generate electricity equivalent to France's needs.